Joe Heck Talks Importance of Political Advocacy at PAC Luncheon

Elizabeth Fassbender

With Congress in the middle of a heated debate on how to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), former U.S. Rep. Joseph Heck, DO (R-Nev.), addressed members of the Orthopaedic Political Action Committee (PAC) at the PAC luncheon during the AAOS Annual Meeting last month in San Diego.

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